Lymphoma Forum - Hodgkin's Disease

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Q: Hodgkin's Disease

asked by: Huxlly on October 29th, 2009

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My brother has Hodgkin' s disease and I am told it is serious. He lives a long way from me, and I don' t like to crossexamine him on the phone about his problem. Can you please explain this condition for me?

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Dr. Robert Wascher , MD

replied on October 29th, 2009

Hodgkins disease is a form of lymphoma (cancer of the lymph nodes). For most patients, the treatment of this type of cancer is chemotherapy. When diagnosed at an early stage, long-term survival is possible in about 90% of cases (as with most other cancers, the survival rates are lower for more advanced stages of disease).

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